PhD
Assistant Professor
Education
BS: Psychology and Communications, Tulane University
MA: Clinical-Community Psychology, University of South Carolina
PhD: Clinical-Community Psychology, University of South Carolina
Predoctoral Internship, University of North Carolina School of Medicine, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities Track
Clinical Postdoctoral Fellowship, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities
Research Postdoctoral Fellowship, Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities T32 Postdoctoral Research Training Program
Dr. Kelly Caravella earned her PhD in Clinical-Community Psychology at the University of South Carolina. Dr. Caravella completed her internship and clinical postdoctoral training at UNC at the Carolina Institute for Developmental Disabilities, specializing in intellectual and developmental disabilities. She followed up her clinical postdoctoral training, as a postdoctoral fellow in the CIDD’s T32 Postdoctoral Research Training Program. Following three years as a T23 fellow, Dr. Caravella was selected as a scholar for the NC Translational and Clinical Sciences Institute (NC TraCS) K12 program. Dr. Caravella’s current work focuses on testing the effectiveness of a family navigation intervention in expediting access to autism-specific intervention for Black toddlers with a new diagnosis of ASD under the age of 3. Through this award, Dr. Caravella will receive additional focused training in health equity research, implementation science, intervention study design and mixed-methods research. She aims to develop a program of research that advances health equity and improves functional outcomes for children with neurodevelopmental disabilities from historically marginalized groups.
